There will be few new faces on city council or the school board as Chilliwack voters returned most of the incumbents Saturday.
On council Ken Popove and Jason Lum will join incumbents Chuck Stam (who received the most votes), Ken Huttema, Sue Attrill and Stewart McLean.
Ron Browne finished just outside the cut, earning 117 fewer votes than McLean.
The two new councillors replace Pat Clark, who chose not to seek re-election, and Diane Janzen, who stepped down to run under the Liberal banner in the last federal election.
Sharon Gaetz, who went unchallenged in this election, returns as mayor.
On school board, two new names have been added. Walt Krahn secured the most votes to lead the field, with Barry Neufeld – returning to the board after a one-term absence – finishing with the second highest tally.
The two were followed by incumbents Silvia Dyck, Martha Wiens, Louise Piper, Heather Maahs and Doug McKay.
Krahn and Neufeld replace incumbent Darlene Wahlstrom, the only incumbent not to be re-elected, and John-Henry Harter, who chose not to seek re-election.
Owen Skonberg secured the most votes of those running for the Cultus Lake Park Board. He was followed by Bob McCrea, Carlton Toews, Sacha Peter and Malcolm Shanks.
Here are the unofficial results:
Council
1 * STAM, Chuck 5,386
2 * POPOVE, Ken 4,876
3 * LUM, Jason 4,423
4 * HUTTEMA, Ken 4,136
5 * ATTRILL, Sue 3,997
6 * McLEAN, Stewart 3,140
7 BROWNE, Ron 2,941
8 CURRIE, Brenda 2,358
9 HARRINGTON, Dick 2,206
10 GOOSEN, Gerry 1,677
11 KORNELSEN, Gord 1,536
12 BRUCE, Phill 1,186
13 WEDEL, Ron 1,040
14 NOSKO, Mitchell 927
15 BRITTON, Mike 812
16 CARMICHAEL, Ian B. 546
17 GLASSEL, Garth 418
18 EROS, Chad 397
19 STELMASCHUK, Rob 329
20 MYERS, Roger Alan 179
Trustee
1 * KRAHN, Walt 3,923
2 * NEUFELD, Barry 3,505
3 * DYCK, Silvia 3,406
4 * WIENS, Martha 3,122
5 * PIPER, Louise 2,904
6 * MAAHS, Heather 2,777
7 * MCKAY, Doug 2,504
8 COULTER, Dan 2,120
9 SCHMIDT, Harold 1,924
10 BRANDRETH, Kirsten 1,705
11 JARVIS, Karen 1,562
12 TOMPKE, Vern 1,369
13 REDEKOP, Nicki 1,307
14 LAWRASON, Brett 971
15 BASS, Jack Alexander 929
16 DAVIS, Don 919
17 BROWN, Tammy 888
18 RUSSELL, David J. 869
19 WAHLSTROM, Darlene 850
20 CONWAY, Karen 808
21 HAGERMAN, Joey 804
22 STOLLINGS, Audrey 782
23 MITCHELL, Les 593
24 WHITLEY, Neil Robert 261
